Despite the vitriol online, this year’s VGX Awards appear to have been a big success on a technical level, with the show bringing more viewers for more time than they had every thought possible. Viacom’s Erik Flannigan said that the show “exceeded” their expectations, and that the average view time (32 minutes) was “way beyond our wildest dreams”.
Producer Casey Patterson chimed in, saying that they’re already talking about next year’s show:
“Yes, we would love to do this show again and those are the discussions we are having right now, and we’ll produce that show, that stream in the same way we produced this year’s which is to take the feedback of the gamers, good and bad.”
“The only thing we can do is assure gamers that we are listening. They can tell from the show we built this year that we like them talking to us. Good, bad, ugly, we want to them to continue to talk to us at the decibel that they have been.”
– VGX producer Casey Patterson
NES Remix was made by none other than indieszero. That’s the same company behind the Theatrhythm Final Fantasy and first two Game Center CX games.
indieszero has had a close relationship with Nintendo in the past. The two collaborated on titles such as Electroplankton, America’s Test Kitchen: Let’s Get Cooking, and most recently, Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre.
The footage above comes from the updated Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze site. You can check it out here.
Thanks to Tytygh for the tip.
Today’s Nintendo Direct revealed an interesting addition to the Japanese Wii U eShop. Believe it or not, Nintendo will be publishing Trine 2: Director’s Cut in Japan.
A few more noteworthy details have emerged for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
Tweets from GameXplain, who recently had a chance to play a demo version at a press event, confirm that Tropical Freeze runs at 1080p. David Wise composed the entire soundtrack for the new Donkey Kong, the outlet confirms. Additionally, as was revealed earlier today, Funky Kong runs the item shop.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze’s first five worlds are known as Lost Mangroves, Autumn Heights. Bright Savannah, Seabreeze Cove, and Juicy Jungle.
